@StormyRessurected

8 months ago

Guessing no one will care or read my rant here, and that's fine. Just need to vent it out. My uncle had a bunch of 360 halo games that he didn't want. This was in the 360 Era, also. These included Halo 3, Reach, and ODST. Halo 3 was my favorite as a really young kid, like at the age of 7. I was a super soldier. A man of power, destroying anyone I didn't approve of and saving humanity. Reach was another one. A game of that same universe, but a whole team of Spartans. A team that would assemble to try and save the planet, Reach. And one by one, they died. Until the dreadful final mission. I never really got it. I just loved Noble 6, they were easily my favorite Spartan of the time. And then, was ODST. A game that, well. Scared the hell outta me. A burning city, no music, and being a weaker force then those of the Spartans. I hated it, at first. Especially on 360 and the old OLG television. It was extremely dark. And I would only make it through a little bit before getting scared and playing Reach or something. But after figuring music out, and realizing the work that the Halo soundtrack had, and a video essay I watched about the game, I found the disc and booted it up on my Xbox one. Just so I could see things. I closed my blinds. I turned of my warmer. And sat down in my gaming chair, for what happened to be one hell of a night. It still scared me at certain moments, where night vision didn't help and barely lightened up rooms, but I wasn't as scared. I got more of the adult jokes, also. It was essentially a new experience, because I barely remembered playing it on that 360 much. My dad did, though. Not me. Aforesaid, I loved the experience. The fun of hanging out with a team like that, and the constant reminder of how us, the Rookie, are all alone. Separated from our team, in a slowly burning city. And that dread formed over our heads. The fact that ODST'S, especially from Chiefs POV, are fairly weak. They show up in combat evolved, the first mission where we save Captain Keyes. They die as easily as marines, unfortunately. Just last slightly longer. And the fact that we, are finally taking from their eyes? It's a scary task. Especially alone. And man, is it amazing. Especially the music that plays after you finish a mission as another player, and you return to reality. Slowly piecing together what happened. And eventually meeting your team again, and buck saying the final words. "What can I say. It was one hell of a night." Sorry if I got it wrong. Kinda going off of memory. But this game just has so much to offer, and even with the Virgil stuff, and the secret audio logs found throughout the Mombasa Streets. And the referencing of the 9 circles of hell? Yea, talk about deep. It's such a great, underrated story fanbase, will be hidden from most of the fanbase, due to it being a game not driven by Spartans. And those who did take the time and live it? They never forget. And will always remember, how much of a hell that place was.

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